Summary
Charli Forkish is a versatile freelance software engineer with 12 years of experience building mobile-first products and leading cross-disciplinary teams. Comfortable shipping across Flutter, Python, JavaScript, and embedded platforms, Charli has driven product releases from early-stage startups to education-focused hardware like the Piper Computer Kit. They fuse a background in music and production with engineering, bringing a creative, detail-oriented perspective to UX and system design—evident in work ranging from passive behavioral sensing for clinical studies to scalable chat apps for gamers. As a natural mentor and technical architect, Charli has instituted professional workflows, paid down technical debt, and overseen multi-language codebases while still finding time to build open-source tools for coral restoration. Based in Eugene, Oregon, they combine entrepreneurial tenacity with a knack for translating artistic sensibility into practical, mission-driven software.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MA, BA, Music, Science, and Technology, MA, BA, Music, Science, and Technology at Stanford University